The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Encyclopedia article on Displaced Persons, describing the years 1945 to 1952 during which more than 250,000 Jewish displaced persons lived in camps and urban centers in occupied Germany, Austria and Italy, unable or unwilling to return to their prewar homes, until resettlement chiefly to Israel, the United States and other countries gradually closed the camps.
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AuthorUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum staff 1 PublisherUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1 Publication Year URLhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/displaced-persons 1 Assessment
Reliability TierReliability tier 1, the same tier already given to the USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia source already cited for the Holocaust's own death toll figures: the United States government's own Holocaust research and museum institution, an authoritative reference source for Holocaust history and demography. Connections
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This source names Austria directly: "and urban centers in occupied Germany, Austria and Italy, unable or unwilling to return to their prewar homes, until resettlement chiefly to Israel, the United States and other countries gradually..."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
Displaced Persons (Holocaust Encyclopedia, USHMM)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum staff, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2026USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia, "Displaced Persons" (accessed 2026)View the Source Claims Backed By This Source (2 claims)
This source backs 2 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Wars & Conflicts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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